Currie Cup latest (Tues)
21 Sep 2010
Keo.co.za brings you the news from the Currie Cup.
Cheetahs change two
Naka Drotske has opted to start Riaan Smit at fullback and WP Nel at prop against the Pumas.
Nel replaces Kobus Calldo while Smit comes in for Hennie Daniller. Daniller is being rested after playing every Currie Cup game to date.
Cheetahs – 15 Riaan Smit, 14 Philip Snyman, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Louis Strydom, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Philip Van der Walt, 6 Hendro Scholtz, 5 David de Villiers, 4 Francois Uys, 3 WP Nel , 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Subs: 16 Skipper Badenhorst, 17 Kobus Calldo, 18 Izak van der Westhuizen, 19 Kabamba Floors, 20 Tertius Carse, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Corné Uys.
Basson’s a Bull
Bjorn Basson has signed a new deal with the Bulls which starts from 1 November.
The Springbok wing was committed to Griquas and the Cheetahs until the end of 2011 but the Bulls paid a transfer fee to get the player released from his contract. Griquas CEO Arni van Rooyen confirmed the move on Tuesday but refused to reveal the amount paid for the player.
Botha ready to rumble
Gary Botha has recovered from a head knock and will be available for the Bulls this weekend.
The Bulls skipper as well as lock Fudge Mabeta have been cleared for the game against the Leopards. Flank Deon Stegmann will undergo a fitness test on Tuesday, and could well feature in Potchefstroom.
Province lose Liebenberg
Tiaan Liebenberg will play no further part in the Currie Cup.
The WP hooker injured his ankle against the Cheetahs three weeks ago and coach Allister Coetzee is not expecting him back any time soon. Liebenberg’s injury was supposed to sideline him for six weeks, but WP management have confirmed he won’t be fit for the play-offs.
Back-up flyhalf Lionel Cronje missed last week’s game with a hamstring problem, and won’t be risked against Griquas this Friday.
Black players don’t want quotas
Sarpa chief executive Piet Heymans says Saru should consider changes to its competition structures to ensure that promising black players don’t disappear between U21 and senior level.
‘The players’ position is that they want equal opportunities. If they are good enough, they want to play. No player wants to be viewed as a quota player and everybody wants to be there on merit. Black players are not in favour of quotas. Their plea is for equal playing opportunities and game time,’ said Heymans.
‘Saru should be creative with the competition structures and see if there is a way of making the transition from junior to senior level easier. The bigger provinces should also be more willing to loan players they aren’t using to smaller provinces. It is happening already, but the system can be utilised even better.’
The Vodacom Cup will still be played next year, but an age limit may be applied from 2012 onwards. One possibility is to make it an U23 competition, while there is also a school of thought that it should make way for a super club competition.
Heymans said it is wrong for Saru to criticise the provinces without doing something about it.
‘As governing body of rugby, Saru have the ability to do something about the [transformation] issue. The question is just whether the leadership is strong enough to really do something about it.’
WP’s timing spot on
Allister Coetzee believes Western Province are building momentum at the perfect time.
Province suffered a mid-season slump when they lost three consecutive matches against the Sharks, Cheetahs and Lions.
However, with three rounds remaining before the play-offs, WP have won their last two games against the Leopards (59-17) and Pumas (62-10) comfortably and displayed the kind of form they had during their six-match winning streak at the start of the season. They are currently second on the log with 38 points.
‘Things are coming together nicely for us and it is especially important at this time of the season,’ said Coetzee. ‘This is the period when you want to be playing well and putting good performances together.
‘We face three tough games now [against Griquas, the Bulls and Sharks] before hopefully we go into the play-offs, so this is the time when we need to step up our performance.’
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21 Sep 2010, 07:26 am
Currie Cup, boring quotes, Bulls are playing rubbish rugby, Province are over-rated, please don’t post an article about quotas today dragons.
21 Sep 2010, 07:26 am
Much about nothing…
21 Sep 2010, 07:42 am
Should there be an official Currie Cup quota system to ensure greater black representivity?
No 98% of all votes
Yes 2% of all votes
139/5828 ===> looks much like Malema & Mighty Horua’s matric results
21 Sep 2010, 07:44 am
I’ve heard this morning the the Bulls signed Basson. Is that official?
21 Sep 2010, 07:44 am
Sigh – it has begun.
21 Sep 2010, 07:55 am
“but came from behind to win 43-38″ That is not how I remembered it. I thought the Leopards scored four tries to nil in the last 20 minutes to make it an exciting finish.
21 Sep 2010, 07:59 am
@Tegejo(Tegejo)-4: If thats true, I would like to see a backline of:
15. Kircher
14. Hurdles
13. Zefmeister
12. Timotei
11. Basson
10. Steyn
9. Fourie “SA’s world cup hopes are on my shoulders” du Preez
21 Sep 2010, 08:06 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-7: the crocked shoulder?
21 Sep 2010, 08:06 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-7: Zefmeister?
21 Sep 2010, 08:10 am
@Transformation(Transformation)-8: Thats why it is crocked.
@Tegejo(Tegejo)-9: There can only be one Zefmeister – Hougaard.
21 Sep 2010, 08:12 am
Gibbs to play for Bulls?
2010-09-20 22:30Email | Print
@ news24!!!!!!
21 Sep 2010, 08:13 am
Breaking News
Mark Keohane and Jake White’s relationship has imploded.Keo,HSM have taken White to the Western Cape high court and have applied for Winning Ways Pty(Ltd) to be placed under provisional liquidation.The dispute is apparently over shares and monetary matters.
Will be interesting to see if Keo and his boys continue to punt him as a replacement for Pdv,no wonder the guy was placing himself as a candidate to replace Diddy,he is so f.uckin desperate for a job.How the mighty have fallen.
21 Sep 2010, 08:15 am
@quotas_sux(quota_conrad_jantjies_is_jorrie_muller)-11: Drugs stopped working have they?
Gibbs is likely to play cricket for the Queensland Bulls.
21 Sep 2010, 08:17 am
well yeah DUH! … you didn’t think it was the Blue Bulls as in rugby, did you?
21 Sep 2010, 08:17 am
its official….B Basson a Bull from 1 nov
21 Sep 2010, 08:18 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-10: At 13? The Prince will be FdP successor, and possibly the Next FdP or Joost.
@Izwe Lethu(Koos van der merwe)-12: I would love to see Keo’s article on this story!!!
21 Sep 2010, 08:19 am
@quotas_sux(quota_conrad_jantjies_is_jorrie_muller)-14: Well, they are pretty desperate as evidenced by the fact that they are apparently in the market for Naas Olivier, so its not such a stretch to imagine they might be willing to try Gibbs.
21 Sep 2010, 08:19 am
steggmann 50….50 to play this sat….
For me its so important….we need a fit and firing Steggmann for eoyt
21 Sep 2010, 08:20 am
They better be wary unless they want a Pumas part 2
21 Sep 2010, 08:20 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-17: its the queenslands bulls cricket team
21 Sep 2010, 08:20 am
@grant10(grant10)-15: I saw it on the news. Where can I get the article?
21 Sep 2010, 08:21 am
‘We saw in Nelspruit [against the Pumas] what happens when you are not 100% focused and are wasteful with your chances. We learned a valuable lesson there.’
Its not Nelspruit anymore Frans!
21 Sep 2010, 08:23 am
@Tegejo(Tegejo)-16: If du Preez is playing 9 during the Super 15, you need to find a spot for the Zefmeister. You can’t leave him out, and if Basson and Hurdles are on the wings, the only spot open is 13. He played 13 at school and age group level, and has performed well in the past. Its not such a stretch going from the wing to 13, and Dippenaar and Pretorius have hardly set the world alight.
Zefmeister can play 9 when Fourie goes to play number 8 in Japan.
21 Sep 2010, 08:23 am
If Basson is happy to play second fiddle to Gerhard and the Prince, then goodluck to him!
21 Sep 2010, 08:23 am
Tegejo
I dont think he will write anything as yet,you know how things are mos,sub judice and all that nonsense
21 Sep 2010, 08:24 am
will B Basson get enough game time with the bulls? with shadowwwww & hougaard? Can hougaard play nr 15 .. with Shadow & Basson on the wings? cause zane is ****
21 Sep 2010, 08:24 am
@grant10(grant10)-18: He won’t be selected for the EOYT. They will take Louw, and Kankowski as an option for 6.
21 Sep 2010, 08:25 am
Basson is a good chaser of the Up&Unders so he will slot in perfectly!
21 Sep 2010, 08:26 am
Awesome news!
Best move you could have made Bjorn! We will turn you into a greater star than Habana was.
21 Sep 2010, 08:27 am
@Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-24: We will take him, make him another Habanna, get the best years out of him and then send him south…
21 Sep 2010, 08:30 am
@grant10(grant10)-15: You sure about this!
Damn thats good news!
On another point what is up with the articles about WP peaking at the right time.
They won the Leopards and the Pumas who is last and second to last respectively on the log.
Seems history is back to haunt the under achievers.
WP peaks to early Sharks peak late but not long enough and the spoils of victory to be decided by the Bulls or Cheetahs.
21 Sep 2010, 08:30 am
Please dont turn him into John Mametsa
21 Sep 2010, 08:31 am
@Tegejo(Tegejo)-21: superrugby site
21 Sep 2010, 08:31 am
“They won the Leopards and the Pumas who is last and second to last respectively on the log”
Almost like the Bulls
21 Sep 2010, 08:31 am
@Tegejo(Tegejo)-21: News24 also
21 Sep 2010, 08:32 am
@Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-32: lol
21 Sep 2010, 08:33 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-27: steggmann the closest thing we have to brussow….
but i agree….the 3 stooges will fark it up….again.
Kanko at 6….the mind boggles.
21 Sep 2010, 08:35 am
Worst move Bjorn Basson could have made. He’ll hardly see any ball and his attacking prowess is likely to be stifled.
He might score the odd try from chasing up and unders, but we wont be seeing the deadly finishing he’s displayed this year.
Not with Steyn at 10 and Watermeyer/WO and Pretoruis in the midfield. Should have gone to province.
21 Sep 2010, 08:35 am
@WOLFMAN21(WOLFMAN21)-35: So Basson, Naas Olivier and Gibbs
will be playing for the Bulls?
21 Sep 2010, 08:35 am
i see percy and Tasmins divorce now final as well….
21 Sep 2010, 08:38 am
@grant10(grant10)-40: One can only take that much!
21 Sep 2010, 08:40 am
@Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-39: Quite the backline!
@John Galt(John Galt)-38: Yeah, cause the Stormers were such a great attacking side during the Super 14. They scored so many tries, and really got their wings involved, and Basson is also likely to get game time behind Habana, de Jongh and Aplon.
21 Sep 2010, 08:40 am
@Mighty Horua(Mighty Horua)-32: Nah…we only used Mametsa who no-one else was available. Heinecke surely did his homework on Basson. He will be a Habanna.
@grant10(grant10)-37: +1
21 Sep 2010, 08:41 am
@John Galt(John Galt)-38: Like in the Super 14 when the Bulls wings scored the least amount of tries…o no wait they scored the most! And province the least!
21 Sep 2010, 08:43 am
Basson should have gone to the Lions where he was guaranteed proper coaching and tips from Mitchel and King Carlos,they would have turned him into a finished article.
It does not take a rocket scientist to see that SA coaches are lagging behind as evidenced with former Bok coach Jake White and current Bok coach D.ick Muir’s failure to do anything postive for the Lions.Lets us swallow our pride after Diddy goes in 2011 lets go outside our borders and get a foreign coach.
21 Sep 2010, 08:44 am
@grant10(grant10)-40: I wonder who will get the hair straightener?
21 Sep 2010, 08:45 am
@Falken(Falken)-44: Hehe
Yeah… This was the best possible move for the youngster!
21 Sep 2010, 08:46 am
@Tegejo(Tegejo)-43: Like his homework with both the Nduganis, Jaco Pretorius, and many other failures
21 Sep 2010, 08:47 am
Hougaard will be on the bench in the S15, as backup to Du Preez. Remember, in the new extended S15, you basically need 2 teams, so they will alternate regularly, in my view. Hougaard will also be a utility back replacement from the bench, in case we have a problem at wing or even centre.
Basson and vd Heever to be the two starting wings.
Gonna be brilliant!
21 Sep 2010, 08:48 am
@Izwe Lethu(Koos van der merwe)-45: Just because one province has struggled for so many years, doesn’t mean that all South African coaches are rubbish.
The Bulls have had enormous success with South African coaches (and an Aussie for a while), and WP have done pretty well with South African coaches of late. Before that, the Sharks did quite well with Wang Muir, and the Cheetahs have often punched above their weight.
We have the coaching talent, they just aren’t always given the correct positions, or the correct amount of support. Solly, Mallet, the dude from the Stormers, Rassie, Meyer etc. are all excellent coaches.
Also, Carlos and Mitchell have had 7 good games – jury is still out on them.
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